What do we inherit from generation to generation? Of course there are the material items that we pass on, but what values and lessons do we pass on?
I love this film because it’s not just about the items that we pass on to one another, but how we pass on morals and advice to one anther through many modes of communication. I also love it because it is beautifully filmed and I think the music brings it to another level of nostalgia.
What are we passing on to the next generation?
I openly admit that I have an addiction to typography and it seems to be getting worse as I spend more time working on design projects for work. Why didn’t I go into graphic design? I didn’t realize that I liked it until I got waist deep in video and there was no turning back then! Anyway, I had to share this find:
[vimeo https://vimeo.com/77176032 w=640&360]
I was never that great at drawing at school although I still try from time to time. I don’t know if I would be any good at creating type- maybe someday I will try it. For now I will continue to find fonts that I like online and use them in my video and the odd print design that I have to come up with.
I never took a geology class per se, but I did take oceanography and we examined a lot of rocks and sand particles our Thursday afternoon labs. I know the ocean is a far cry from our highest mountains, but really it’s not as far as you many think. They are remarkable linked due to the rock cycle.
I like this video for many reasons- one is that I happen to live in the Pacific Northwest where there are mountains on either side of where I’m currently living. As anyone who’s been reading my blog for a while will know, I love going up into the mountains and hiking as much as possible in the summer. Another reason I love this video is the animation and the presence of Mt. Kilimanjaro- a mountain that I have actually summited, and Ojos del Salado in Chile, which I’ve looked at from a distance. It all boils down to the fact that mountains make me feel at home and I love that someone has created an ode to these magnificent natural monuments.
[vimeo https://vimeo.com/77330591 w=640&h=190]
Math was never my strong suit in school. Recently I have had to use it beyond balancing my bank account for the first time in a long time and I actually found myself enjoying it- not that I really got what I was doing. Math was always too theoretical for me. Too bad I didn’t have this video to make it more relevant.
Geography class always took place in a hot and stuffy room in the upper region of the science building at my school. The only thing that kept us from falling asleep was our eccentric teacher who insisted on using herself as a human protractor by laying on the desk and using her arms and legs to show the various angles. We never forgot that particular topic.
As mentioned in my posted On the Map, I have a thing for maps. I was never much for globes growing up, probably because we never had one at home, but I’ve found a new appreciation for them as I get older. After seeing this video it’s kind of hard to not appreciate them when you realize how much work goes into making one- that is if you make one by hand.
[vimeo https://vimeo.com/63511505 w=640&h=360]
“The Boundaries which divide life from death
Are at best shadowy and vague.
Who Shall say where the one ends,
And where the other begins?”
Edgar Allan Poe
The topics of death seems to be a theme this time of year. The garden annuals are dying away, the days are getting darker and we celebrate holidays surrounding death- All-Hallows-Eve, Dia de los Muertos… you get the idea.
So did Edgar Allen Poe. Perhaps this is not the most morbid interpretation of some of Poe’s work (because as anyone that knows anything about Poe, knows he wasn’t the most uplifting poet) yet I think this conveys this time of year perfectly.
Despite the depressing quality of his work, Poe seems to have described the gray line that separates us from life and death. Though many have tried, there is no way of really knowing what separates us from the other side and what happens after we take our last breaths. At the very least this short animation makes the grayness seem a little less daunting and actually makes it seem beautiful.
Haven’t we all found ourselves playing with fruit stickers at some point in our lives? You know how when you pull that sticker off your piece of fruit, you have no where to put it and find yourself rolling and unrolling it unconsciously? Ok, so perhaps you haven’t but I sure have. Having played with stickers, it has never occurred to me to make art using this same method. If only we all had something so simple yet calming to help us unwind.
Not only do I find this concept intriguing and therefore making the film engaging, I love the cinematography and love the flow. Some of these profile videos seem a little stagnant because it stays within the studio. This video seems to get away from that and flows beautifully.
To see more of the artist’s work, click here.
I know that I have posted a video by this guy before, but I love his editing. I can’t imagine how much footage he collects during his vacations to make his films. Personally, when I’m on vacation, I try not to think about cameras or anything to do with work. Obviously this guy has a gift in both capturing amazing footage and being very productive while vacationing.
So here you are, parts I and II of Italy. Enjoy!
This might not be documentary, but I had to share this.
There are some amazing things that you can do with film now a days, especially now that everything is digitized. But you have to admit, there is something about the use of simple pencil and paper, a few cuts here and there and a straw or two that can make something incredible.
This is taking recycling to a whole new level. Imagine if every neighborhood had some sort of art installation like this…
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